Icons for Bebop Jazz and Charlie Parker include photos of him playing, as well as photos of jazz bands during the time. These icons have a physical resemblance between the signal and meaning. Because music is not tangible, it is impossible to have an absolute representation, but seeing jazz musicians play is as close as it gets.
INDEX
An index has a correlation in space and time with the meaning of Bebop Jazz, and because of this, can be represented by jazz instruments, bebop art and posters.
SYMBOL
Symbols include words that produce meaning through the association with other symbols, and from its correlation with environmental patterns. I think one of the best representations that I found was created by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Although he doesn't directly represent bebop jazz, his use of words in his paintings (ornithology, Charlie Parker, bebop) in combination with imagery and iconography ground them as symbols of Bebop Jazz.
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